Guilty of Grief
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Guilty of Grief
A Miami Herald series about a police shooting of a young man lays bare Florida’s broken mental health system.
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Guilty of Grief
The State Attorney’s Office sent a grieving mother whose son was shot and killed by police to jail herself.
Miami-Dade Police Officer Jaime Pino shot and killed a young man with mental illness in his apartment. The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office cleared the officer of any wrongdoing, and went after the grieving mother.
She had called Pino a murderer and posted pictures of the officer and his family to her 39 Facebook followers.
She was sentenced to 364 days in jail for violating a restraining order, and still faces trial for stalking Officer Pino.
This story was originally published December 31, 2024 at 8:15 PM.
